Deportation

Deportation

There are a wide variety of reasons that may make an immigrant subject to deportation or removal. Below is a list of common reasons someone might face a deportation proceeding:

Conviction of Criminal Offense;

Violation of Immigration Status;

Termination of Conditional Permanent Residence;

Marriage Fraud for Immigration Purposes;

Aiding another immigrant to enter the US illegally;

Falsified immigration documents;and

Was legally inadmissible at the time of entry.

Immigrant defendants are subject to deportation for even minor criminal offenses. Criminal convictions and sometimes arrests can affect immigrants. First, they can make a non-citizen deportable. Second, they can make a person inadmissible to the U.S. Or, they can prevent a person from obtaining citizenship in the U.S.

Grouped into two main categories: immediate relatives and other close family members. Immediate relatives of United States citizens are given special preferential treatment in that there are no limits on the amount of immediate relatives that may immigrate in the immediate relative category and, as a result, there are no backlogs in the immediate relative category.